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The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1887-04-13

The Washington Sunday Gazette says
that Colonel James II. Marr, Chief Clerk
in the First Assistant Postmaster Generals
Office, and Judge James Lawrenson have
been continuously in the service of the
Postoffice Department for more than fifty
seven years. "The phenomenal length
of service of these two men has been for
years appropriately recognized. In Mr..
Marr's case the salary has been fixed by
special act of Congress at $500 per year
more than any other man would get in
the same position, his name being very
specifically mentioned in the appropria'
tion." Judge Lawrenson ''has served
nnder thirty-one different Postmasters
General. He has seen the Department
rrow from handful of clerks to its pres,
ent huge proportions. He was appointed
as Democrat, and is a Democrat still.
BY virtue of his Office as a notary public
he has administered the oath Of Office to
all the Postmasters- General for the past
fifty years. When Mr.. Villas became the
head of that Department he was sworn
in by another notary. The old gentle
man felt so badly about it that Mr.. Villas,
upon being apprised of the fact, sent for
Judge Lawrenson, and second time took
the oath, in order that the record might
not be broken"
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1887-04-13
FOOD ADULTERATI0NS.
Investigation by 4 Chemist OF the
Agricultural Department.

Investigation by Chemist OF the
Agricultural Department..
The chemists of the Department OF Agri-
culture, under the direction of the Commits
sioner. have for year or more been investi-
eating the extent and manner of food adrl-
teration practised in this country, and re-
port covering several branches of the work IS
in process of preparation. That portion re-
Clifford Richardson, is completed. Mi.
Richardson's investigations show that no
other kinds Of human food are adnlteIatcd to
such an extent Of twenty samples OF ground
cloves examined only two We're pure. IEe
others had suffered the extraction of their
essential oils and had been polluted'hy the ad.
dition of Glove stems. alSpice and huSks OF
various kinds. OF eight samples OF cayenne
papper only one was pure. OF ten samples
of mustard none were pure, though several
had only suffered tho loss of their fixed oil;
the others contained quantities Of wheat
flour, the spurious matter being i'll some
cases two-thil'ds of the compound. This
made it necessary to add tumeric acid harm-
lesS torestore the mustard color. Ten sam
Piles Of alspice were examined, eight OF which
were pure Four samples of cassia were all
pure. Of ten samples of ginger, four We're
pure. Only one out of thirteen samples Of
black pepper was found to be what it pur-
ported to be. y specimen sent from Balti-
more to a man who had an army contract
was almost entirely spurious. Cayenne pep
per, black pepper mlsks and mustard hulls
were used to give flavor and pungcncy while
body was supplied by ground beans and
rice. and color by charcoal. Two samples Of
white pepper out of five were pure, two sam
pies of mace out Of five were pure, and Of
three samples of nutmeg examined all were
pure Mr. Richardson incidentally mentions
a New York spice grinder who within short
time worked Off five thousand pounds Of
cocoanut husks
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1887-04-13

The Emperor William will make Queen
Victoria a jubilee present of a set of
Dresden yellow ware. The service con-
sists of 2SS large, 12O small plates, and
seventy-two dishes Of all sizes, besides
tureens. .saucc-boats and fruit dishes. The
centre piece for flowers and fruit will be
surmountcd by statucttc of the Queen,
and will be emhellished with medallion
portraits in relief on gold-of the
members of the royal family Of England.
The plates, also, will each be decorated
with five medallions, containing either
allegorical pictures recalling memorable
incidents in the Victorian era, or portraits
OF celebrities of the Queens reign.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1887-04-13

The Chinese are a mild-mannered race,
but they draw the line at banking irregu
larities. When the recent failure of the
Tung Lung bank at Hong Kong was made
public, a crowd of excited depositors
stormed the building, ransacked it from
top to bottom, and carried off and de-
stroyed everything contained in it. This
is shorter and perhaps more profitable
way of declaring a dividend than the one
usually pursued in occidental communi-
ties. On this occasion it is not stated
whether the officers of the bank were
among the assets. The probability is that
they fled to the Montreal Of China, whcr-
ever that may be.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1887-04-13

One of the auditors of the Treasury De-
partment, who had rented house in a
fashionable quarter of Washington, was
surprised to discover, when the end of
the month rolled around. that his land
lord was none other than one of the mes
sengers Of his Bureau. Further inquiry
developed the fact that the latter had
been loaning money through the depart
ment to impecunious clerks and others,
extorting in return an interest Of 10 per
cent. month. The cx-messcnger claims
to have kept $4,000 in constant circula-
ton, which, deducting losses, nctted
him profit of about $4,000 year.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1887-04-13
NEWSY GLEANINGS.

The Cardiff Giant has been sold for $311
Iowa is rapidly changing from wheat
State to dairy State.
THE balloon for the Paris exhibition Of 1889
will carry 100 persons.
IN some places in the Maine wools the SHOW
Is Yet five and six feet deep.
GINGER has been raised in Florida that is
said to compare tavorably with any FROM
Jamaica.
AHMED BEN AnMAR, all Algerian who has
just died, killed eighty lions and as many pan
thers during his time.
THERE are two solid gold bricks in the Uni
ted States Mint at Denver, each ono OF which
weighs nearly ll0pounds
AN Englishman of fifty-five recently sued
q lady OF forty-six for breach of promise, and
the jury awarded him s27.
A WOMAN named Corrigan, residing near
Dowra, County Leitrim, was delivered Of four
children last month. They aIe oil doing well.
ALVIN CLARK's bill for the great object
glass of the Lick telescope n California will
be about $4,000. The CLAN will weigh 40
pounds
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1887-04-13
DANGERS OF THE MINE.
Deadly Explosion of Fire Damp
in q Scranton Colliery.
Two Miners Killed and ManyIMore
Seriously Injured.

A terrific explosion Of fire damp occurred
the other forenoon in the Won Storch collery
of the Delaware and Hudson Canal Company
on the northern outskirts Of Scranton, Penn,
killing two miners and seriously injuring II
other workmen.
Thomas Lewis, twenty-six years old, and
Edward Owens, thirty, were killed; and
Daniel Lewis, Patrick Mearin, Edward Cusick,
Michael MCGUIRE, Andrew Davitt, John
Jones, Lewis James, Llewellyn Jones, John
Phillips, William Littlejohn and James Nor
gan were badly hurt.
The party entered the mine ut o'clock
A. n under the leadership OF Boss Lewis, for the
pulpss, OF making repairs, and OH their way
in discovered gas accumulating rapidly
When about 400 feet from the heading they
found several "blowers" Of gas, and the fire
gone but a short distance when lie met the
mine foreman, and began telling him of the
condition OF the cOlliery.
While they were speaking the tremendous
explosion occurred. The great volume of gas
with which the mine was charged came in
contact with tie tiny flame OF mine lamp.
In the storm OF destruction that followed in the
darkness men. mules and mine cars were
flung about promiscuously along the gang
ways
a driver boy named Mean was blown along
the ganGway q distance of about twenty
yards, and the mule which accompanied him
in this involuntary trip fell on top of him. A
miner named Michael Mcguire fell in the
same heap, and other workmcn had similar
thrilling experiences. The report of the eX-
plosion made itself felt a considerable distance
from the shaft.
In short time hundreds Of excited people
who realized what had happened, and feared
that their friends We're dead OF in peril, rushed
to the scene For a time the most painful
anxiety prevailed at the mouth OF the lnine.
Finally rescuing party entered to ascertain
the extent of the disaster. The rapid accumu-
lation of the deadly afterdamp, which usu-
ally follows such an explosion, male tie
venture q perilous one, especially as all the
air courses were deranged and there was no
ventilation.
After working heroically for some time a
band Of miners pushed their way ahead, made
access and carried assistance to the injured,
who were promptly taken to their homes.
Some were carried on stretchers, and others
who were not so badly hurt were able to walk
without assistance. The bodies Of Owens and
Lewis We're not discovered until this after
noon.
The fearful force of the explosion was
shown in the fact that large pieces of coal and
lumber were flung from the mouth Of the
shaft when the shock occurred as il projected
from the mouth Of cannon.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1887-04-13
South and West.

AMOS JOHNSON (coloreD was hanged at
Marion, Ark, for brutally asSaulting an
eight -year-old white child. He was convicted
by u jury OF his own color.
A HEAVILY loaded train Of nine cars went
through trestle ninety-two feet high near
Liberty, Va. Four men were killed and three
wounded.
TWENTY Polish residents of Detroit, Mich.
have been arrested for rioting.
MORE Chicago officials and ex-ofiicials have
been indicted on charges of corrupt dealing.
DETECTIVES have been stationed along the
frontier oprevent the flight of the Chicago
officials charged with corruption into Canada.
PRESIDENT FITZGERALD, of the National
League of America. has issued an address
calling OH Americans and IriSl-Anericans to
support Parnel and Gladstone i'll the present
crisis.
THERE IS but one municipal ticket in the
field at Stockton. Kan, and all the candi-
dates, including Mayor, arc women except
one.
j. G. HoGETT, al owner of mining prop
erty, and three of his four children were
drowned while fishing from rowhoat at
Alameda, Cal
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1887-04-13
NEWS SUMMARY
Eastern and Middle States.

The auction sale in New York of the paint
ings owned by the late Mrs. a. T. Stewart
lasted three nights, and was theSecond largest
Of its kind ever held in America. The 2l7
pictures brought s513, $50, the highest prico
being $66, ,00O for MeiSsonier's "Friedland,
1907" together with portrait of the artist,
and the second highest being $4,000 for Rosa
Bonheur's Horse Fair"
THE Steamer Scotia, from Naples bound
for New York, went ashore Friday morning
on the Long Island coast. The many pas
sengels were all brought safely ashore by q
life-saving crew.
Mr.. CORNELIUS VANDERBILT, who paid
S5S,000 for Rosa Bonheur's celebrated paint.
ing, "The Horse Fair" at the Stewart sale
in New York, has presented tho picture to the
Metropolitan Museum Of Art.
ELABORATE preparations for the celcbra-
tion in New York of the sixty fifth anniver-
sary OF the formation of tho Independent Or
der of Odd Fellows in this country are being
made.
ELLIS LA Snow, farmer of Tolland, Conn,
sixty years old, murdered his aged wife. split
ting open her head with an axe. and commit
ted suicide by hanging himself to beam i'll
his barn.
FIVE New York CITY manufacturers have
been arrested and held in 500 each on charges
of violating the factory law relative to the
employment of girls and women.
GENERAL p. S. RIPLEY. who commanded
the Confederate batteries that first opened
fire on Fort Sumter. died suddenly Of apo
plaxy iii New York a few days ago in his
Siyty-fifth year. He WAS native OF Ohio.
i FIRE at Troy. ". Y, destroyed large
building occupied by business firms, causing
q total estimated loss of $130. 800.
REV. DR.. RAY PALMER, n prominent Con-
gregational minister. author of many hymns
and theological works, died few days since
in Newark, n. J. He was born III Rhode Isl
and in 1903.
TIE New York Yacht Club has accepted
the challenge Of the owner of the Scotch
yacht Thistle to race for the Americas cup.
The contest will take place at New York next
October. and will be similar to the races Won
by the Puritan and Mayfiowcr.
FATHER McGLYNH. the wcll-known C;ttho-
lie priest who has left his pulpit to advocate
the theories of Henry George, discussed the
land question before large audience in the
New York Academy of Music.
The Superior Criminal Court at Boston
has decided, III the case Of q barber indicted
for keeping his shop open on Sundays, that
shaving on that day was not work of neces-
sity OF charity.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1887-04-13
THE NEW SECRETARY.
Mr. Fairchild Formally Appointed
TO Succeed Mr.. Manning.

Mr. Fairchild Formally Appointed
TO Succeed Mr.. Manning.
The appointment Of Assistant Secretary
FailchilI as Secretary Of the Treasury ha:
bccn formally announced
Charles StebbilS Eairrhid was born ut
CaZcnovn. n. Y, April -, 1S43. His father
was for many years The attorney for the New
York Central Railroad. and Is 6ne of the emf
nent men Of Central New York. The Secretary
Of the Treasury received his early education
nj Tie .;... -. summary ut CazeIovia and
entered Harvard Col!rsc in 1850, being
graduated from that institution with the class
of 1863. He then attended the Harvard Law
School and was admitted to the bar in 1865
He j3ine,l the firm of Hand, Hale, Swarcz &
Fairchild, one of the most successful law
firms in the State In 1874 he was ap-
pointed Deputy Attorney General, by At
torney-Gcneral Pratt. in the ensuing year he
was nominated by the Democratic Conven-
tion for the Attorney -CrncralShip and elected
He served in this capacity for two years. IN
1873 he visited Europe. Upon his return in
1880 he engaged in the practice Of law in New
York City and continued there till called to
the Assistant SecretaryShip Of the Treasury
in 1885.
Judge Maynard, the Second Comptroller, has
been appointed To- fill tie vacancy caused by
Mr.. FairchildS 5 promotion.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1887-04-13

The once famous Cardiff giant has beeh
heard from again, after years of oblivion.
1t reposes in q lidlcss box at FL Paso,
Texas, which serves as settee for the
idlcrs of that town. 1t appears that the
giant was carried to Ell Paso long while
ago by some speculative individuals whose
design it was to take him to Mexico and
bury him, with the ultimate. view of resur-
recting him for the show business. Since
then he is said to have been sold for the
paltry price of s32.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1887-04-13
PROMINENT PEOPLE.

COLONEL FRED GRANT resembles his father
IN his fondness for smoking.
: PRESTON H. LESLIE, Governor OF Mon
tana, used to be a ferryman.
SPEAKER CARLISLE is going to take his
wife abroad for summer jaunt.
SMITH HfGGINs is the King of the dry
goods business OF New York and worth $39,
100000.
GENERAL. SHERIDAN is to build q summer
home near New Bedford, Oh the Massachu-
settS coast.
CHIEF GERONIMO, the captured Apache
leader. is employed at gardening at Fort
Pickens, Fla
THERE are only five ex-Governors OF
Pennsylvania living: Pollock, Curtin, Hart
ianft, Hoyt and Pattison.
GOVERNOR BEAVER of Pennsylvania has
a Sunday-school class in Harrisburg, which
he instrllcts every Sunday.
Mr. JOHN 4. LOGAN. SON Of the late General
Logan, married short time ago bliss Edlth
Andrews, Of Youngstown, Ohio.
Mr.. BLAME put an end to the talk about ms
going TO Europe by writing that ne IS gong
to visit his daughter, Mrs. Copplngef, III
Indian Territory.
AGLAsGow merchant asked Queen Fictorla
to accept Jubilee gift OF cheese Weigh!ng l.5
five tons and made from the milk Oh s,9oo
Canadian COWS, but she declined.
PRINCESS NARY OF CAMBRIDGE, Queen
Victories cousin. and the wife of the impe-
cunous Duke of Teck, is 50 popular IN Eng
land that she is called The Queen or
Hearts,"
YOUNG WING, the Hartford Chinanlan
who has been elected President OF the Con-
necticut Congregational Club, has been IN TINS
country twenty years and is naturallzeo
citizen.
Ex-Governor Moses, OF South Carolina,
who is diving Of consumption i'll prison nos
ptal. says the breaking down OF his healtn IS
due TO the use of opium, to which he was lor
many years addicted.
PROFESSOR BoyAMlco. ot the Royal Naval
School of LrghoI1l. has invented an inEoI'hhtC anu
instrument for showing not only me ste2.' 'puo @
also Indicating the relative position % one
shin to another, and SO preventing cAi!alon''
ONE of the Emperor Williams physicians
states that the kaiSers constitution - 81
wonderfully good that it resembles perfect
clock work, which will only stop When run
down or when something extraordinary
happens
PpOrESsoR SPENCER +. BAIRD IS said 10 DC
one of the hardest workers i'll the country,
Besides being Secretary of the Smithsonian
Institution, lie is General Supervisor OF the
National Museum and head OF the Fish COM
mission Of the United States.
DIR. JOSEPH PARKER, of London, mentioned
as successor of Mr.. Beecher III the Flymoutn
Church pulpit. wa; friend and adlnlrer OF
tho Great American preacher, and for years
there was tho strongest bond or sympathy
between she two, who in many ways resemble
each other. Each had preached in the others
pulpit
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1887-04-13
A COURTROOM DUEL.
Two Lawyers Fire at Each Other
One Killed, the Other Wounded.

Two Lawyers Fire at Each Other
One Killed, the Other Wounded.
Some days ago Lambert Jones and George
johnson, lawyers, had hot words in JUS
tice's court in Newberry, S. G. They
were in court again Saturday, and dur
ing the proceedings Jones, who is not yet
q, insinuated that johnson lied. johnson is
a prominent lawyer in the State Last
fall he made close run for Con.
gress. He rose from his seat and told
Jones if he repeated that he would
shoot him. Jones reiterated that John
son lied, and at the same time drew his pistol
and fired, the ball passing through Johnsons
ear. The latter drew his revolver, and firing
between the two became rapid johnson re-
ceived four wounds, but none of them was
dangerous He fired seven times at Jones, the
last Shot killing him. johnson Immediately
surrendered to the sheriff.
George B. Cromer, Mayor of Newberry,
who is also Johnson's partner, in attempting
to stop the fight, narrowly escaped with his
life, two bullets passing through his clothes
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1887-04-13

Honduras is reported TO be making
rapid strides in substantial development.
The national debt is being reduced,
schools, colleges and telegraph lines arc
being established, and roads are being
built. Under this favorable condition of
affairs American capital is flowing into
the country, where it is amply protected
by law, and valuable concessions granted
for public improvements. A bank-thc
first in the couutry-has just been estab-
lished by Americans at TruXillo.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1887-04-13
FATE OF TWO GAMBLERS.
Desperate ARRAY in Boston-Two
Lives Lost.

DtSDeFstte HI W.
Lives Lost.
A shooting affair took place in Boston tho
otherday, which will probably result in the
death of two persons. The premises No.
10 Avery street had been used as Il gambling
room by Edward Flanagan and David
Lanahan. The two propretors and
Adolph A. Albrecht were engaged i'll q
game of faro, being the only persons i'll the
building. According to Albrecht's story, he
detected Lanahan in ali attempt to cheat
him. there being about SIG on the table and
he demonstrated with him, when Lanahan
grabbed biz iron bar and made u savage
lass at him. Albrecht drew revolver and
fired two shots at Lanahan passing thl'h'Gh
his forehead and coming out at the back OF
his head causing instant death. Flanagan
then championed Lanallans cause and started
for Albrccht, also with an iron bar. but was
met Lv two or three more bullets from AL
brecht's revolver, ,one Of which passed through
his left breast and the others took effect III MS
head Flanigans wounds were pro:ouncGn
mortal. The shots We're heard by hertuc
driver, who reported the shooting at the police
station. and posse of officers was sent to the
premises, who effected an entrance through
the roof and windows and succeeded IN cap
turing Albrecht. Flauigan is sixty and Lana
ban is fcrty-twO.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1887-04-13

"Englishmen, Germans. Americans,
Frenchmen and Italians do not take
kindly to bull-tights," says the Boston
7ranicript. ''spaniards and their de-
scendnats delight in them. Englishmen,
Germans, Americans, Frenchmen and
italians make good soldiers, and Spaniards
and Mexicans do not. Perhaps this is not
a coincidence, but it certainly is sug
gestive of q rare decadcnce, when people
enjoy ghastly and cruel spectacle in a
bull ring and shrink from a battlefield"
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Washington.

THE Treasury Department has just received
the sum of S., ,995, conscience money!" from
an unknown source.
APPOINTMENTS by the President: Daniel a.
Carpenter, Pension Agent at Knoxville,
Tenn. Charles w. Irish of Iowa City, Iowa,
Surveyor-General of Nevada: William G.
Hall of Salt Lake City, Secretary of Utah
Territory; Richard D. Gwyder of Covington.
KY, Indian Agent; James r. Jordan of
Virginia, Marshal for the Western District
of Virginia. Also six PostmasterSin tho West.
BARON TAvERA, the new minister from
Austria, has arrived at the National Capital.